Mozambique Literacy Rate 1980-2020
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
- Mozambique literacy rate for 2017 was 60.66%, a 4.62% increase from 2015.
- Mozambique literacy rate for 2015 was 56.04%, a 5.46% increase from 2009.
- Mozambique literacy rate for 2009 was 50.58%, a 2.43% increase from 2003.
- Mozambique literacy rate for 2003 was 48.16%, a 9.45% increase from 1997.
| Mozambique Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2017 |
60.66% |
4.62% |
| 2015 |
56.04% |
5.46% |
| 2009 |
50.58% |
2.43% |
| 2003 |
48.16% |
9.45% |
| 1997 |
38.71% |
11.71% |
| 1980 |
27.00% |
11.71% |
